Online marketplace Bonanza rolled out a large number of initiatives in the second half of the year, and founder Bill Harding said they had made a big impact on Black Friday sales for its merchants. The average Bonanza merchant saw Read more
eBay is inviting some sellers to “Make holiday dreams come true” with a new listing promotion. “List up to 10K items FREE – cash in on holiday shopping,” it proclaimed in the invitation email. The promotion lets invited sellers list Read more
eBay is keeping its Top Rated Seller program, but its consumer-facing brand will be changed to a new, yet-to-be-announced brand, codenamed Program M. Sellers sent EcommerceBytes screenshots of a survey eBay is conducting asking them questions to find out what Read more
Buying “pre-owned” designer goods online sight-unseen can be risky. One P2P marketplace has figured out a new way to put buyers’ minds at ease – Poshmark has launched a free authentication service that works on all orders over $500. When Read more
Amazon competitors may need the company’s latest product upon learning about it – Amazon is selling its own branded diapers and baby wipes, it announced Thursday. And it’s not stopping there. It isn’t Amazon’s first foray into private label brands – Amazon Read more
Stripe raised $70 million in funding this week according to the Financial Times, which said the company is now valued at $3.5 billion. “It follows an $80m fundraising in January that valued the company at $1.75bn and will help with expanding Read more
Amazon made a big show of the robots powering its warehouses on Monday, with major media coverage. But on Wednesday, it became clear to sellers who use Amazon’s fulfillment service that investing in technology ain’t free: Amazon is raising the Read more
eBay is rolling out one of those features that is so basic that it has one wondering what took it so long to implement. The new optional feature eliminates some of the negative consequences sellers face when they run out Read more
Cyber Monday shopping through desktops was up 17% over last year and was the only day to ever surpass $2 billion in sales, according to comScore. The holiday season as a whole is up 16% over the corresponding period last year. Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said the company has a succession plan (“for me and all of our senior executives”), but clearly from this Geekwire article, he’s having too much fun as CEO to get people thinking there is anything imminent in Read more
